This is the fifth year that I’ve organized a performance of Phil Kline’s ambient Christmas masterpiece Unsilent Night (a.k.a. the boombox Christmas parade). It’s the fourth time I’ve done it in Baltimore and the first time it’s been presented under the auspices of the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern series.

As always, simply show up with a boombox (or not if you just want to follow along), I’ll provide the tapes and CDs (N.B. eager participants who have audio capabilities can download a sound file of the piece at this website), we’ll press play, and be off to spread some ambient holiday cheer throughout the streets of Baltimore. The route will be the same as previous years, though I think we may take a detour to a stop included on the first year’s route—the curved glass in front of the Meyerhoff lobby.

Tim Smith of the Baltimore Sun wrote a really nice preview yesterday on his blog. Make sure to give him a read.

Update: Anne Midgette of the Washington Post also chimes in with a little pre-Unsilent Night love.